As for the remarks from the gentleman from Samsung, very well written and explained without apologies. He said it worked for them. Now how many CEO's have seen that are contemplating the same thing?
Could part of the fear of big iron be the age of the caretakers along with the burgeoning cost of the software needed to run them? If a company has a historical growth rate of 4% per annum and has to look at a major technology refresh in the processing area every 5-7 years (being generous there), then how long before they hit that plateau where the cost to sustain the system by personnel and software is truly onerous? I'd like to think there will be a mainframe somewhere to keep me fed until December 31, 2018, but is that realistic? Maybe not so much as in the 80's. Daniel McLaughlin ZOS Systems Programmer Crawford & Company PH: 770 621 3256 [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you aim at nothing you will hit it every time. - Zig Ziglar ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
